Free Practice 6.G.A.1 – 9055701

1. To get the area of a trapezoid, we can move the triangle on the right side to the left side. Then, the length of the base of a triangle is $\displaystyle \frac{\left({12} - {6}\right)}{2}$ which equals $3$.

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2. Then, the area of a trapezoid equals the sum of both areas of two rectangles. Therefore, the area of a trapezoid is ${3} \times {6} + {6} \times {6} = 54$. No More Steps